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All results from a given calculation for PCl (phosphorus chloride)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C*V 3Σ
2 1 yes C*V 1Σ

State 1 (3Σ)

Jump to S2C1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-800.198570
Energy at 298.15K-800.198832
Nuclear repulsion energy65.937417
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at HF/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 554 501 102.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 276.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 250.4 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-31+G**
B
0.24506

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31+G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 -1.087
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.959

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2
P12.0465
Cl22.0465

picture of phosphorus chloride state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.233 0.161   0.150
2 Cl -0.233 -0.161   -0.150


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.434 1.434
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.000 0.000 -1.473 1.473


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.979 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.979 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.820
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.080 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.080 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.159
Polar
3z2-r20.319
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.121 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.167


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.567
(<r2>)1/2 7.040

State 2 (1Σ)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-800.128355
Energy at 298.15K-800.128631
Nuclear repulsion energy66.688942
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at HF/6-31+G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Σ 575 520 113.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 287.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9042) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 259.8 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-31+G**
B
0.25068

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31+G**

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
P1 0.000 0.000 -1.075
Cl2 0.000 0.000 0.948

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  P1 Cl2
P12.0234
Cl22.0234

picture of phosphorus chloride state 2 conformation 1
More geometry information
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 P 0.156      
2 Cl -0.156      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -0.895 0.895
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.900 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.911
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.376 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.769 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.607
Polar
3z2-r21.215
x2-y2-6.764
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.627 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.778 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.358


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.062
(<r2>)1/2 7.004